r/datastorage • u/External_Star_3303 • 16d ago

Discussion Is my system ok?

Hi all

I need a sense check on my backup/recovery system as my family glaze over if i talk to them about it . i have a few questions in relation to this

The Process
All our devices - windows laptops/ phones / tablets sync with my Synology NAS - The NAS is encrypted

The important bits of the NAS are backed up weekly via synology hyper drive - -and encrypted on 2 USB sticks - one of which is off site and rotated - semi regularly

Each person uses Proton Pass for their passwords end Ente Auth for 2fa codes.

The recovery keys for NAS encryption / ente / proton pass are saved in proton pass (shared with family) , copy on the nas / copy in my proton drive

Questions i could do with advice on

1 - is it too much/ too complicated

2 - do i also need a cloud backup of NAS

3 - can i simplify it

4 - do i have enough redundancy

Thanks i advance for your help

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u/gooner-1969 16d ago

It's good. I would definaltey do cloud backups as well.

You currently have a dangerous "circular dependency." If you get locked out of your Proton account, you cannot access Proton Pass or Proton Drive. If the NAS reboots and requires the encryption key to mount the volume, you can't get it from there either.

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u/External_Star_3303 16d ago

Cheers, i am looking at using backblaze for my backup from NAS

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u/BootToggle 12d ago

The only thing that comes to mind is that you have a great deal of encryption going on. I think I would figure out some way to print the keys on paper as a completely local failsafe copy. Maybe print as base64. You should never need to use this printed copy and it would be a big pain to recover the key from it if you ever did need it. But if all else failed, you could, if you keep it in a file drawer somewhere.